I made a bad mistake during the cross-country run that day. During the trial run I had the Saturday before, I took a wrong turn near the end of the route, but I didn’t realise and no one else did either (because I was quite far behind). But the distance was around the same anyway. On the actual day, I took the wrong turn again because I thought the people in front of me were doing cool-down jog or something like that, so I insisted on my route, and none of the marshals stopped me when I turned. So I ran all the way and realised I took the wrong turn only when I ran up to a barricade which was leading to the finishing line. I was really panicking by then and I decided to run along the barricade toward the finishing line to see if there was any official I could talk to. I didn’t dare to turn back in case I got disqualified or something. But no, there was no official along the barricade, except for the finishing line, and it would be weird if I ended up there. So I had to run out again and run back in the legitimate way. Ah sigh.. What a run.

Anyway, all the training the past few weeks has motivated me to lead healthier lifestyle – by exercising more. I realised how bad my fitness level was when I started training and it was a good wake up call.

TOK presentation next Tuesday. I should go off to do some work now.

YAYYYY!!! MY HOLIDAY IS OVER!

I’m glad I have no more Math port to suffer with, and no housework to worry about (at least not so much), and no more busy holiday schedule.

I’m really happy and high now.. I slept at 3am, took a nap this evening and I’m very alert now.

National cross country is this Wednesday. My timing improved by 3 minutes when I went for training yesterday (Saturday). I hope to cut it by a bit on the actual day. Running for God and not for myself.

It’s Home Alone (with Jean) Day 2. Everything has pretty much been well here. Mom and dad are in Penang with ye ye and nai nai visiting relatives until Saturday.

Jean’s coming home from piano lesson soon and she’s buying back bread for tomorrow’s breakfast, salad and ice cream for tonight.

This week is really hectic. I hope I survive it. I have CCA four days a week, 2 of which are full-day rehearsals, cross country trainings (which I have been ponning), 2 scholarship assessments (each at least 4 hours long), a math portfolio to do and chem ia, both of which are contributing to my final IB grade. On top of all the school work, I have house chores to do and the constant need to plan for my survival the next few days. I’ve learnt to be realistic and I’ve set reasonable goals for my holiday (what holiday..).

1. Finish math
2. Finish Chem
3. Plan worship leading for Sunday
4. Keep myself alive

it’s not so bad I guess. I really enjoy CCA these days, maybe because of all the SYF prep.

Ahhh great… I have a TOK essay to finsih, a TOK presentation to prepare, the EE to edit, and a math portfolio to start doing. On top of that, I have intensive SYF rehearsals during the holidays, plus training for the national cross country. I want the next three weeks to zoom past, asap.